Well, which one is it? I have both the Google & Yahoo! Toolbars on IE 6 and I still get a few popups. I wonder if the new Google Toolbar will have an improved blocker........_________________“He saw reality too clearly. Faulty denial mechanism.
Failed to block out the terrible truths of existence. In the end, his inability to push away the awful facts of being in the world rendered his life meaningless.”

AD-Shield is the best pop-up blocker if you use Internet Explorer. When I use IE, I get no pop-ups that I don't want, period. You can also import block lists for it and customize it with your own entries. Probably the most powerful content filter avalable for IE. The only bad side is that it isn't fre anymore.

Aye! - - 30 bucks to buy it?? OK, that's not really "exorbitant" but Google + Y! *only* let 3 or 4 through so far. Thanks for the recommendation however - I'll put it on my Wish List._________________“He saw reality too clearly. Faulty denial mechanism.
Failed to block out the terrible truths of existence. In the end, his inability to push away the awful facts of being in the world rendered his life meaningless.”

Forgive me for going OT, but I wonder if you follow either Formula One (F1), World Rally Championship (WRC) or British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)? You might care to take a look at my post in the Introductions forum.

Pleasure meeting you,

Harry_________________“He saw reality too clearly. Faulty denial mechanism.
Failed to block out the terrible truths of existence. In the end, his inability to push away the awful facts of being in the world rendered his life meaningless.”

I use the one Devilin recommends, but it does let one or two get through, something from Monster.com and another from the University of Phoenix. Whenever that happens, it's a sure sign I had neglected to run Ad-aware 6.0. Now if Popup Manager would just let me customize, I could stop those also.
Or maybe reroute them to France?_________________Jeff007

Most good browsers have pop up blockers though as part of their features and cover a good amount of general popups, I have settled on Crazy Browser , I like its blocklist , so I can add whatever I like to it.

A good firewall with popup blocking always helps and Admuncher/ Proxomitron are very good too.

Most good browsers have pop up blockers though as part of their features and cover a good amount of general popups, I have settled on Crazy Browser , I like its blocklist , so I can add whatever I like to it.

A good firewall with popup blocking always helps and Admuncher/ Proxomitron are very good too.

Its a nice idea, and all that, probably very useful for beginners, my only reservation, would be it smack's of censorship, although in a nice and useful way, kind of reminds me of Aol's Wall Garden approach low

Which "product" are you referring to? IE-SPYAD?_________________“He saw reality too clearly. Faulty denial mechanism.
Failed to block out the terrible truths of existence. In the end, his inability to push away the awful facts of being in the world rendered his life meaningless.”

AD-Shield is the best pop-up blocker if you use Internet Explorer. When I use IE, I get no pop-ups that I don't want, period. You can also import block lists for it and customize it with your own entries. Probably the most powerful content filter avalable for IE. The only bad side is that it isn't fre anymore.

rottentomatoes.com is a site with links to movie reviews, I bring it up because the web site operates on pop-up functionality; the reviews that pop-up (when you click on a link) are from other web sites. I won't be interested in a pop killer until I find one that doesn't screw that site up. I tried something from Panicware once that 1) blocked the reviews 2) when I held down the keys to allow the pop up my computer froze up._________________Daniel L Newhouse

Both IE with Ad Shield and Firefox didn't block the review sites that I clicked on for I, Robot on the rottontomatoes page. Both of them don't block user initiated "pop ups" only those that are scripted or otherwise brought up without the user directly clicking on something.

AD-Shield is the best pop-up blocker if you use Internet Explorer. When I use IE, I get no pop-ups that I don't want, period. You can also import block lists for it and customize it with your own entries. Probably the most powerful content filter avalable for IE. The only bad side is that it isn't fre anymore.

I just received my first SpywareInfo Newsletter and they enthusiastically recommended SuperAdBlocker - http://www.superadblocker.com/ - as "flat out the best ad blocking software I have ever seen." This is the text from their recommendation:

"I know, I know. I've said repeatedly that I don't agree with blocking ads (pop-ups and sliders excepted). I usually do not promote ad blockers except for pop-up blockers. This one time I will make an exception. This program includes the best pop-up blocker in existence.

SuperAdBlocker is flat out the best ad blocking software I have ever seen. SuperAdBlocker blocks every known method of generating a pop-up ad, something I've never seen in a blocker program before now. It passed every single pop-up test I threw at it, including a few nasty ones included in 1st Page HTML editor (the so-called six buttons virus). Not even my beloved FireFox is that good.

Something else I've never seen is the fact that it also blocks DHTML slider ads. You've probably seen these a few times. When a slider loads, it either slides in from the side or the top and looks like a new window and stays there until you dismiss it. It is part of the page, not a new window, so most pop-up blockers miss them. With the rise in pop-up blocker programs, many sites have started using these. Personally, I find those to be many times more annoying than a pop-up.

SuperAdBlocker uses heuristics as well as a rules database to determine what is an ad. It is very accurate and it is very careful not to block things that are not ads. The database is updated constantly and the company always is looking for ads that slip past the program. It can be set to update itself from the company servers automatically so that new rules can be integrated almost as soon as they are created.

SuperAdBlocker also blocks pop-ups generated by most adware programs. I've seen that in only one other program. It also scans the hard drive to look for installed spyware and will warn you if it finds any. It won't remove the spyware itself, but it will warn you that it is there. It even disables Windows Messenger spam.

SuperAdBlocker also deletes the URL History from the Internet Explorer address bar, visited page history, cookies and temporary internet files.

If you are looking for an ad blocking program, this is the one to buy. Simply put, this is the best ad blocker I have seen ... ever."

Enter SPYWAREINFO as the coupon code to get 20% off of the $29.99 price.

I am not endorsing SuperAdBlocker in any way - actually, I am happy with the *free* EndPopups (see above post by Devilin for link) blocker but I just wanted to share this information._________________“He saw reality too clearly. Faulty denial mechanism.
Failed to block out the terrible truths of existence. In the end, his inability to push away the awful facts of being in the world rendered his life meaningless.”

AD-Shield is the best pop-up blocker if you use Internet Explorer. When I use IE, I get no pop-ups that I don't want, period. You can also import block lists for it and customize it with your own entries. Probably the most powerful content filter avalable for IE. The only bad side is that it isn't fre anymore.

Hey Nick,
Shouldn't that read 'the most powerfull smart popup control' since the most powerfull content filter is Proxomitron?...where when used together they create the most powerfull content filtering SYS on the planet?

Sorry, I just felt like playing with the semantics. _________________-

Both IE with Ad Shield and Firefox didn't block the review sites that I clicked on for I, Robot on the rottontomatoes page. Both of them don't block user initiated "pop ups" only those that are scripted or otherwise brought up without the user directly clicking on something.

Hey Nick,
Shouldn't that read 'the most powerfull smart popup control' since the most powerfull content filter is Proxomitron?...where when used together they create the most powerfull content filtering SYS on the planet?

Sorry, I just felt like playing with the semantics.

I had a feeling you'd bring up the Prox. That's why I said probably I guess I figured out where I got the phrase "content filter" from.

rottentomatoes.com is a site with links to movie reviews, I bring it up because the web site operates on pop-up functionality; the reviews that pop-up (when you click on a link) are from other web sites.

I was just wondering if this is really considered 'pop-up'? I go there often and I've never had a problem. I thought that 'opening in a new window' was different from 'pop-up'.
Isn't clicking on a link there the same as clicking on one of the links you guys have posted in this thread? Not trying to be rude or anything, just want to make sure I have the terminology right for future ref. _________________Recognition without accomplishment is meaningless.(NW)
The simplicity of a solution is directly proportionate to its elusiveness. (Maddoktor)
NW's Thoughts

Actually, when you think about it, all the tools we use to proactively defend our sys are 'content filters'. Resident AVs, FWs, sandboxes, proxies, blockers X, y, & z...they all filter content. Even the peripheral tools like IDS tools are just to prepare new filters.

Personally, I prefer proaction over reaction. Does anyone really believe it's good for the sys to have malware killers ripping the guts out periodically? Judging from what I see every day, it sure would seem so._________________-

rottentomatoes.com is a site with links to movie reviews, I bring it up because the web site operates on pop-up functionality; the reviews that pop-up (when you click on a link) are from other web sites.

I was just wondering if this is really considered 'pop-up'? I go there often and I've never had a problem. I thought that 'opening in a new window' was different from 'pop-up'.
Isn't clicking on a link there the same as clicking on one of the links you guys have posted in this thread? Not trying to be rude or anything, just want to make sure I have the terminology right for future ref.

From what I have been able to tell, new-window type of ads are distinctly different than pop-up or pop-under ads. What are the differences? I honestly do not know. I DO know that the safest way to close a new-window ad is by Ctrl+W. Do not click on anything in the new window itself as it may contain nasty executables.

Maybe this topic (new-window vs. pop-up) is better suited to a new topic altogether (hint )._________________“He saw reality too clearly. Faulty denial mechanism.
Failed to block out the terrible truths of existence. In the end, his inability to push away the awful facts of being in the world rendered his life meaningless.”